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 |
|---|---|
| append | attach |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |