A spurious correlation between ice-cream sales and sunburn cases disappears once temperature is taken into account.
冰淇淋销量与晒伤病例之间的虚假相关，一旦考虑气温便不复存在。
Which choice best defines “spurious”?
A — False; not genuine.. “spurious” means False; not genuine..
Which word means “False; not genuine.”?
A — spurious. “spurious” means False; not genuine..
spurious — False; not genuine.. In Chinese: 假的；伪造的.
spurious is pronounced //ˈspjʊəriəs//.
A spurious correlation between ice-cream sales and sunburn cases disappears once temperature is taken into account. (冰淇淋销量与晒伤病例之间的虚假相关，一旦考虑气温便不复存在。)
false, bogus, counterfeit — all close in meaning to spurious (False; not genuine.).
genuine, authentic — each the opposite of spurious (False; not genuine.).
Yes. spurious is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
spur(私生) → 来路不正 → 假。