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 |
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umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
environ | encircle |
fluted | having or marked by grooves |
titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
ramification | branch |
rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |