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 |
|---|---|
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| trance | stupor |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |