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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annuitya sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals
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rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
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pento shut in or as if in a pen
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