verisimilitude: the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
semblance: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
pelvic inflammatory disease: inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge