Gilded
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having the color or quality of gold. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
Example sentence: Royalty mostly seem like members of some anachronistic faith, like the Amish, peculiar in gilded buggies.
Specious
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere; strongly held but false.Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.Beautiful, pleasing to look at.