GRE Word List
DISSEMBLE
to hide under a false appearance
The meaning of the word dissemble is to hide under a false appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |