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 |
|---|---|
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |