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 |
|---|---|
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
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| sibling | sib |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
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