GRE Word List
DISSEMBLE
to hide under a false appearance
The meaning of the word dissemble is to hide under a false appearance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |