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.
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| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |