Hyphenation of specious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word specious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of specious:

1.	Plausible but false A specious claim Spurious inferences
2.	Based on pretense Deceptively pleasing The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility Meretricious praise A meretricious argument

Synonyms of specious:

adj	spurious, invalid
adj	false
adj	gilded, meretricious, insincere

Last hyphenations of this language

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