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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| pending | during |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |