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 |
|---|---|
| ravenous | rapacious |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |