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 |
|---|---|
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| pending | during |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| hubbub | noise |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |