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
insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
couriermessenger
falterto walk unsteadily : stumble
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
buoyanthaving buoyancy
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
desperatehaving lost hope