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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| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |