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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| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
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| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
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| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |