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.

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WordMeaning
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
uncouthawkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
sheerunqualified
fetidhaving a heavy offensive smell
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
billowwave