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 |
|---|---|
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |