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 |
|---|---|
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| passe | past one's prime |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |