GRE Word List
SANCTIMONIOUS
hypocritically pious or devout
The meaning of the word sanctimonious is hypocritically pious or devout.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |