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specious
seeming convincing but actually false or misleading
Synonyms
- deceptive
- misleading
- fallacious
Antonyms
- valid
- sound
- genuine
specious in a sentence
The attorney exposed the witness's specious explanation as a carefully arranged lie.
The advertisement made a specious claim that the costly supplement could replace sleep.
Where it comes from
From Latin speciosus, meaning 'beautiful or plausible in appearance.'
Memory hook
SPECIOUS sounds like 'suspicious': a specious claim looks sound but deserves suspicion.
Read it in context
- Who Counts in Dockside Social Science
- The Ledger Conspiracy History