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 |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |