GRE Word List
SYLLOGISM
a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
The meaning of the word syllogism is a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable").
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |