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 |
|---|---|
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| dingy | dirty |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |