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 |
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| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |