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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reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
figure | a number symbol : numeral |
idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
pungent | sharply painful |