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 |
|---|---|
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| paramour | lover |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| effete | no longer fertile |