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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| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
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| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
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