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 |
|---|---|
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |