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 |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| arid | excessively dry |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |