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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| quisling | traitor |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
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| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
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