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 |
|---|---|
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| enhance | heighten |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |