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 |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| mortician | undertaker |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |