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 |
|---|---|
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| pander | to act as a pander |