phony
not genuine or real; fraudulent or insincere
Phony in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing phony in a sentence.
The investor quickly recognized that the documents were phony and refused to sign.
The memoir was exposed as phony, its dramatic episodes invented for effect.
Using “phony” well
Phony is informal and accusatory, marking something as a deliberate fake or someone as insincere.
More GRE words starting with P
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pale or lacking vitality and color
Questions about “phony”
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