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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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| random | a haphazard course |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |