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 |
|---|---|
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |