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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| Word | Meaning |
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| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| fervid | very hot : burning |