Today’s word of the day is ‘Semblance’ Let us understand more about this word.
[responsivevoice] semblance [/responsivevoice] [ sem-bluhns ]
What is this word’s grammar?
1. Aura
2. Appearance
3. Image
4. Guise
How is the word ‘semblance’ pronounced in popular languages?
1. Hindi – Dikhaava
2. Spanish – Apariencia
3. French – Semblant
4. Mandarin – Wàibiǎo
How to use this word in a sentence?
1. The lawyer, therefore, leaned forward with a semblance of frank eagerness.
2. It was merely a semblance, which effaced itself; the vanishing of an illusion.
3. The yards, taken as a whole, have some semblance to a real garden.
4. He had schooled himself to a semblance of stoicism when he reached his office.
5. Sudden and quietly as an apparition it came, but it bore the semblance of Romeo Gonzaga.
What are some synonyms of the word of the day?
Some synonyms of the word are:
pretence, veneer, affinity, air, alikeness, analogy, aspect, bearing, comparison, facade, face, feel, feeling, figure, form, front, guise, image, likeness, mask, mien, mood, pose, resemblance, show, showing, similarity, simile, similitude, simulacrum, veil, false front, seeming etc.
What are some antonyms of the word of the day?
Some antonyms of the word are:
reality, back, character, concrete, difference, dissimilarity, personality, rear, unlikeness
Quotation:
To be clear, affirmative action is not, by itself, an adequate response to decades of systemic looting, but it has been an indispensible tool in inching us towards some semblance of a more equitable society.
Clint Smith
Social Example:
https://twitter.com/AlexGaskarth/status/1267102651205984261
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