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 |
|---|---|
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| dys- | abnormal |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| realm | kingdom |