GRE Word List
SHAM
pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham.
The meaning of the word sham is pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incrustation | hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust |
| gracious | kind in a generous way (to someone less important) |
| shrivel | make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying) |
| extrude | force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die |
| estranged | separated; alienated; V. estrange: alienate (people in a family); N. estrangement |
| riddle | pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone) |
| obfuscate | confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand |
| religious | of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity |
| incredulity | tendency to disbelief |
| generality | vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people |