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 |
|---|---|
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |