GRE Word List
HOAX
to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
The meaning of the word hoax is to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |