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casuistry

nounCommon GRE wordMore C words

clever but misleading reasoning used to justify dubious behavior, especially on moral questions

In a sentence

He defended the loophole with a piece of casuistry so slick that no one could immediately rebut it.

Synonyms
sophistryspeciousnessquibbling
Antonyms

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