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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |