GRE Word List
SPECIOUS
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
The meaning of the word specious is seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divulge | reveal |
| earmark | set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose |
| cauterize | burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection |
| chancellor | legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
| centigrade | denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) |
| pigment | coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil) |
| regimen | prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
| detonation | explosion |
| generate | cause; produce; create |
| fussy | fastidious; finicky; easily upset |