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Specious :: Specious (a.) Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument..

Tinsel :: Tinsel (a.) Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

Gloss :: Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.

Gloze :: Gloze (v. i.) To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.

Gloss :: Gloss (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.

Demagogue :: Demagogue (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.

Elench :: Elench (n.) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.

Seeming :: Seeming (a.) Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth..

Plausibility :: Plausibility (n.) The quality of being plausible; speciousness.

Color :: Color (v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices..

Speciosity :: Speciosity (n.) The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.

Bubble :: Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble..

Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

Seeming :: Seeming (n.) Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.

Glossly :: Glossly (adv.) Like gloss; specious.

Gloze :: Gloze (n.) Specious show; gloss.

Glitter :: Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court..

Colorable :: Colorable (a.) Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.

Plausive :: Plausive (a.) Plausible, specious..

Speciosity :: Speciosity (n.) That which is specious.

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