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 |
|---|---|
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| raiment | clothing |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |