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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |