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 |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |