GRE Word List
PLAUSIBLE
superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
The meaning of the word plausible is superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| distend | extend |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| drab | slattern |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |