SPURIOUS
(adj.) intended to deceive
"a spurious work of art"
synonyms : inauthentic , unauthentic(adj.) born out of wedlock
"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"
synonyms : bastardly , misbegot , misbegotten(adj.) plausible but false
"a specious claim", "spurious inferences"
synonyms : specious
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Mnemonics for spurious
(Tag: ) s-PURE+ious...pure means true...spurious means the opposite of it..which is FALSE,CONTERFEIT
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(Tag: ) Sounds like "furious". You get furious when you hear spurious arguments.
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(Tag: ) Read it: s-poor-ious argument.
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(Tag: ) s pur ious- sounds like "s its pure lies"
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(Tag: ) to "spurn" means to reject. So you SPURn anything that is SPURious (false).
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(Tag: ) Split "Spurious" into spur+ious, where spur means instantly(spur of the moment). So anything done without much thought and immediately can result in falsehood or may be illogical.
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(Tag: english) The polka dotted sponges in the aquarium were not the real, rare ones living in the ocean. They were fake.
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(Tag: ) you get furious when you get spurious (counterfeit)dollar bills
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(Tag: ) the fast and the spurious.lol
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