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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |