GRE Word List
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
The meaning of the word pharisee is 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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| sentinel | sentry |