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 |
|---|---|
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |