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.

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WordMeaning
pendantsomething suspended: such as
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
oligarchygovernment by the few
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
pryto look closely or inquisitively
seasona time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm