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 |
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| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
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| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
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| hardy | bold |
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