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 |
|---|---|
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |