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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WordMeaning
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
duressforcible restraint or restriction
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
valedictoryof or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell
unequivocalleaving no doubt : clear
humorthat quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
mnemonicassisting or intended to assist memory