specious

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specious
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Synonyms:

plausible , credible, beguiling, deceptive , misleading , ostensible, meretricious, seemingly just, hypocritical, fallacious, unsound, apparent , questionable, illusionary

Antonyms:

accurate , valid , correct , honest , reasonable , precise , genuine , unlikely , incredible , implausible

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