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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WordMeaning
discreteconstituting a separate entity : individually distinct
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
commemorateto call to remembrance
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
startto move suddenly and violently : spring
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
drasticacting rapidly or violently
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
superannuatedoutmoded