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spacious, specious
spacious (SPAY shuhs) (adjective)
Having a large area or space for utilization: "Their dining room is spacious enough to accommodate, or to seat, all of the family of five plus up to six guests."
specious (SPEE shuhs) (adjective)
1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: "It was obvious that he was making a specious excuse."
2. Appearing to be true but actually false: "She justified her actions with specious reasoning."

The park provided a spacious playground for the children. The mayor presented specious economic reasons as to why it should be closed.

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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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Seeming to be true but actually referring to something that is false or untrue. (1)
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