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 |
|---|---|
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
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| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
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| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| trance | stupor |