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 |
|---|---|
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| pugilist | fighter |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |