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 |
|---|---|
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| boor | peasant |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |