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SPECIOUS
(adj.) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility", "meretricious praise", "a meretricious argument"
synonyms : gilded , meretriciousDon’t be fooled by Ruby’s meretricious praise. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) plausible but false
"a specious claim", "spurious inferences"
synonyms : spurious
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Mnemonics for specious
(Tag: ) It sounds like 'suspicious'.
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-3 (Tag: ) Like the movie "Species" about an alien woman who looks human but has other plans
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-1 (Tag: ) Seemingly true/plausible/attractive, but when SPECulated closely, it was found to be fallaCIOUS.
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