GRE Word List

DISSIMULATE

to hide under a false appearance

The meaning of the word dissimulate is to hide under a false appearance.

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marsupialany of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
rousinggiving rise to excitement : stirring
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
clipperone that clips something
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
candorunreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
constraintthe act of constraining
ordainto invest (see invest