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 |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |