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 |
|---|---|
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |