gilded (s)
meretricious (s)
specious (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def based on pretense
def deceptively pleasing
examples the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
meretricious praise
a meretricious argument
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Similar to insincere
Derivationally related form specious → speciousness
Derivationally related form meretricious → meretriciousness
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Similar to insincere
Derivationally related form meretriciousness → meretricious
Derivationally related form speciousness → specious

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