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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| momentum | a property (see property |