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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |