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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| exegesis | exposition |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |