GRE Word List
SHAM
a trick that deludes : hoax
The meaning of the word sham is a trick that deludes : hoax.
Random words
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glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
constraint | the act of constraining |
craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
dire | exciting horror |
incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
dilute | attenuate |
rivulet | a small stream |
euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |