Associations to the word «Specious»

Wiktionary

SPECIOUS, adjective. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
SPECIOUS, adjective. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
SPECIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.

Dictionary definition

SPECIOUS, adjective. Plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences".
SPECIOUS, adjective. Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn