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fallacy

nounCommon GRE wordMore F words

a mistaken belief or flaw in reasoning

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In a sentence

Fallacy in a sentence

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It is a common fallacy that lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Synonyms
misconceptiondelusionerror
Antonyms
truthfactverity

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Verbal · Text Completion

The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Fallacy (noun) means a mistaken belief or flaw in reasoning
Here is fallacy used in an example sentence: "It is a common fallacy that lightning never strikes the same place twice."
Common synonyms for fallacy include misconception, delusion, error.
Antonyms of fallacy include truth, fact, verity.
Fallacy is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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