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 |
|---|---|
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |