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 |
|---|---|
| dally | to act playfully |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |