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 |
|---|---|
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |