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Specious

/spˈiʃəs/
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(adj) Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

Tom's arguments are entirely specious.
CEFR Practice Quiz
His argument was ____ it sounded plausible at first but was actually based on false information.

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