GRE Word List
DISSIMULATE
to hide under a false appearance
The meaning of the word dissimulate is to hide under a false appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| slake | subside |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |