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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WordMeaning
juntaa council or committee for political or governmental purposes
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
retaliateto return like for like
canarda false or unfounded report or story
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
skimpskimpy
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something