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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adagea saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation
compileto compose out of materials from other documents
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miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
ideologya manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
biennialoccurring every two years