GRE Word List

SHAM

a trick that deludes : hoax

The meaning of the word sham is a trick that deludes : hoax.

Random words

WordMeaning
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
rectifyto set right : remedy