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 |
|---|---|
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |