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 |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |