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The definition of specious

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Answer:

superficially plausible, but actually wrong.

Step-by-step explanation:

Like a sentence that is actually wrong, but kind of reasonable. for example:"the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty."

User EngineerDave
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Answer:

I believe that it means a superficially pausible but wrong

Step-by-step explanation:

so its like a stong argument but somehow wrong it seems correct but its actually wrong

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