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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |