GRE Word List
SPECIOUS
having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
The meaning of the word specious is having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| scourge | whip |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |