GRE Word List
SHAM
a trick that deludes : hoax
The meaning of the word sham is a trick that deludes : hoax.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| mortician | undertaker |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |