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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| progeny | descendants |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| blackball | to vote against |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| retribution | recompense |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |