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51spe|cious — «SPEE shuhs», adjective. 1. seeming desirable, reasonable, or probable, but not really so; apparently good or right, but without real merit: »a specious appearance of fair play. The teacher saw through that specious excuse. This specious… …
52Time — This article is about the measurement. For the magazine, see Time (magazine). For other uses, see Time (disambiguation). The flow of sand in an hourglass can be used to keep track of elapsed time. It also concretely represents the present as… …
53List of common misconceptions — This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This is a list of current, widely held, false ideas and beliefs about notable topics which have been reported by reliable sources from around the world. Each has been discussed in published… …
54Present — This article is about the concept of current time. Present also means a gift; for other meanings, see Present (disambiguation) and Presence (disambiguation). The present is a moment in time discernible as intermediate between past and future. The …
55plausible — plausibility, plausibleness, n. plausibly, adv. /plaw zeuh beuhl/, adj. 1. having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot. 2. well spoken and… …
56Gloss — (gl[o^]s), v. t. 1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. [1913 Webster] You… …
57Conor Lenihan — Lenihan (2nd left) welcoming Lech Kaczyński to Ireland. Minister of State for Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources …
58Contemporary history — Contemporary redirects here. For other uses, see Contemporary (disambiguation). Human history This box: view · talk · edit …
59Monetary Approach to The Balance of Payments — refers to the key ideas and subsequent research of David Hume conducted in the late 1950s, the 1960s and early 1970s. David Hume presented the price–specie flow mechanism against the Mercantilist approach that stated favorable balance of trade is …
60deceptive — de·cep·tive /di sep tiv/ adj: tending or having capacity to deceive deceptive trade practices compare fraudulent, misleading Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
