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 |
|---|---|
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |