<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:<ul><li>specious arguments.</li></ul></li><li>pleasing to the eye but deceptive.</li><li>Synonyms:<ul><li>misleading,</li><li>false</li></ul></li><li>Antonyms:<ul><li>genuine</li></ul></li><li>Obsolete:<ul><li>pleasing to the eye; fair.</li></ul></li></ul>