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 |
|---|---|
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |