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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence.
Some people are convinced by such specious reasoning, but I am not.- antonyms:
- valid
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| definition 2: |
deceptively appealing; misleading.
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| related words: |
apparent, credible, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, hollow, illogical, irrational, meretricious, phony, plausible, unsound |
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| derivations: |
speciously (adv.), speciousness (n.) |
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