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 |
|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |