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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| freebooter | pirate |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |