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

WordMeaning
effeminatehaving feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner
glutinoushaving the quality of glue : gummy
personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
hema border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
slanderto utter slander against : defame
scrappyconsisting of scraps
nonentitysomething that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
puerilejuvenile
significanthaving meaning