GRE Word List
SEMBLANCE
outward and often specious appearance or show : form
The meaning of the word semblance is outward and often specious appearance or show : form.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |