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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| condign | deserved |