SAT vocabulary

Specious

Superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.

Example

"The politician's specious arguments, though sounding good, were easily debunked by facts."

From Latin 'speciosus' meaning 'fair, plausible', from 'species' meaning 'outward appearance, form'.

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