ˈɡɪldɪd ˈɡlɒsi ˈɡlɔsi

ˌmɛɹɪˈtɹɪʃəs ˈspiːʃəs ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs ˈspjʊ.ɹi.əs based on pretense; deceptively pleasing the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility meretricious praise a meretricious argument plausible but false a specious claim spurious inferences