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 |
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bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
sheer | unqualified |
fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
billow | wave |