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 |
|---|---|
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| alleviate | relieve |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |