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 |
|---|---|
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |