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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| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
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| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| dolt | a stupid person |