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 |
|---|---|
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| diva | prima donna |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |