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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |