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 |
|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| reek | smoke |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |