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 |
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| regicide | a person who kills a king |
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| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
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| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| antecede | precede |