GRE Word List
SHAM
a trick that deludes : hoax
The meaning of the word sham is a trick that deludes : hoax.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wont | accustomed |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |