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.
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| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
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| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |