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 |
|---|---|
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| seemly | good-looking |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |