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 |
|---|---|
| dint | force |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |