specious
Day 34Level 2SPEE-shuhs
false
seeming true but actually false
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
misleading, deceptive
Antonyms:
credible, real
Example Sentence:
It just seems a little specious, when looking at it from a different angle.
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