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 |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |