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Specious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definitions:

1. Deceptively attractive or plausible but lacking in sincerity or validity.

   Example Sentence: The salesman's specious claims convinced many gullible customers to buy the faulty product.

2. Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.

   Example Sentence: The specious beauty of the haunted house concealed the horrors within.

3. Superficially plausible but actually wrong.

   Example Sentence: The specious reasoning in his argument was quickly dismantled by the opposing debater.

4. Popular; widely accepted but mistaken.

   Example Sentence: The specious notion that vaccinations cause autism has been widely debunked by scientific research.

5. Locally used to describe an extravagant display of wealth.

   Example Sentence: The billionaire's specious lifestyle included luxurious yachts and private jets.

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