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 |
|---|---|
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |