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 |
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germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
compulsive | having power to compel |
pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
bent | unenclosed grassland |
gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
willowy | abounding with willows |
magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |