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specious
adjective
Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
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ˈspiːʃəs
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adjective
Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
“The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility”
adjective
Plausible but false
“A specious claim”
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The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
Meretricious praise
A meretricious argument
A specious claim
Spurious inferences
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