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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The lawyer's SPECIOUS argument sounded right but was deeply flawed."

  1. misleading
  2. spacious
  3. sound
  4. specific

Answer

A. misleading

Solution

SPECIOUS means "superficially plausible but actually wrong," so the closest in meaning is "misleading."

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