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 |
|---|---|
| overthrow | overturn |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |