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
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
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flutedhaving or marked by grooves
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
calculatedapt
vertexthe top of the head
depredationto lay waste : plunder
meandera winding path or course