There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SPECIOUS
gilded, meretricious, specious, glossy
(adjective) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; “the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility”; “meretricious praise”; “a meretricious argument”
specious, spurious
(adjective) plausible but false; “a specious claim”; “spurious inferences”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
specious (comparative more specious, superlative most specious)
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
Synonyms: fallacious, insincere
Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
Synonyms: meretricious, pretextual
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
Anagrams
• cosies up
Source: Wiktionary
Spe"cious, a. Etym: [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. spécoeux. See Species.]
1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. Some [serpents] specious and beautiful to the eye. Bp. Richardson. The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion satisfied. Milton.
2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment by the specious names of religion, liberty, and property. Macaulay. In consequence of their greater command of specious expression. J. Morley.
Syn.
– Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See Plausible.
– Spe"xious*ly, adv.
– Spe"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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