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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curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
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internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
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epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
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