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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| 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 |