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 |
|---|---|
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |