GRE Word List
SEMBLANCE
outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.
The meaning of the word semblance is outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patent | obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N. |
| assimilate | absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) |
| mirth | merriment; laughter |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism |
| abrogate | abolish |
| bouillon | clear beef (or meat) soup |
| tacit | understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement |
| scuttle | sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull |
| traduce | expose to slander |
| symmetry | arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical |
