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specious (adjective), more specious, most specious
1. A reference to something that is supposedly right or plausible in appearance; however, it is usually neither correct nor is it the real thing: Tracie made an attempt to give herself a specious argument to justify eating much more ice cream than is normal.

Adam justified his bad behavior with several specious excuses.

2. Etymology: from Latin speciosus, "appearance" and from specere, "to look at."
Something that is supposed to be right, but it isn't.
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This entry is located in the following units: -ous, -ious, -eous (page 20) spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective (page 9)
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specious, more specious, most specious
Seeming to be true but actually referring to something that is false or untrue. (1)
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