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 |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| nomenclature | name |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |