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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| harass | exhaust |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |