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specious - Dictionary definition and meaning for specious

SPECIOUS

  • (adj.) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

    "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility", "meretricious praise", "a meretricious argument"

    synonyms : gilded , meretricious

    Don’t be fooled by Ruby’s meretricious praise. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) plausible but false

    "a specious claim", "spurious inferences"

    synonyms : spurious

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for specious

  • (Tag: ) It sounds like 'suspicious'.

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  • (Tag: ) Like the movie "Species" about an alien woman who looks human but has other plans

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  • (Tag: ) Seemingly true/plausible/attractive, but when SPECulated closely, it was found to be fallaCIOUS.

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  • (Tag: ) He made a SPEECH to US which was false

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  • (Tag: ) she peed sauce,I saw it.Looks true but it can't be

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  • (Tag: ) SPEC-to see/to seem specious--sthg that seems to be like this but actually it isnt

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  • (Tag: ) JANta ke pisonse TICKET khared kar trip gaya

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  • (Tag: GLOBAL) spec+ious => ppl with specs normally seem reasonable but end up being incorrect. * (no offense, just to remember)

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  • (Tag: ) specious = "speech"ious, means it is true only in speech or words but not in reality

    added by shalnew    editEdit Mnemonic

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