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 |
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| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| hap | happening |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |