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 |
|---|---|
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |