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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|---|---|
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
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| oversee | survey |
| encompass | include |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |