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 |
|---|---|
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| privy | private |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |