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 |
|---|---|
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| raspy | harsh |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| dour | stern |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| dart | a light spear |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |