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 |
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acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
trance | stupor |
tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
immaculate | spotlessly clean |
brackish | somewhat salty |
duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
beneficent | doing or producing good |
comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |