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 |
|---|---|
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| dingy | dirty |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |