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 |
|---|---|
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |