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 |
|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| laud | praise |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |