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 |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| consort | associate |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| primal | original |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |