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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| puerile | juvenile |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |