GRE Word List
SANCTIMONIOUS
hypocritically pious or devout
The meaning of the word sanctimonious is hypocritically pious or devout.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |