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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| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
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| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| throes | pang |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |