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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |