Choose the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
SPECIOUS
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Misleading
Specious means seeming right or true at first, but actually false. Its synonym is misleading. Example: The salesman’s specious argument that the costly water filter would save money fooled many buyers.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Spacious | having a lot of room | The new library has a spacious reading hall with big windows. |
| (2) Ambitious | wanting very much to succeed, or needing great effort | Building a robot in one week was an ambitious plan for the science club. |
| (3) Misleading (answer) | giving a wrong idea (same as specious) | The misleading advertisement showed a much bigger pizza than the one we got. |
| (4) Valid | based on sound reasons and acceptable (the opposite of specious) | The principal agreed that Neha’s complaint about the late buses was valid. |
| Synonyms of specious: misleading, deceptive, false Antonyms of specious: valid, sound, genuine, well-founded |