GRE Word List
PHARISAICAL
marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
The meaning of the word pharisaical is marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| politic | political |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |