GRE Word List
FALLACIOUS
embodying a fallacy
The meaning of the word fallacious is embodying a fallacy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |