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 |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
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