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 |
|---|---|
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |