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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| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
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| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |