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 |
|---|---|
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| ensconce | shelter |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |