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 |
|---|---|
| stringent | tight |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |