GRE Word List
SANCTIMONIOUS
hypocritically pious or devout
The meaning of the word sanctimonious is hypocritically pious or devout.
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semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
flighty | swift |
sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
dowse | to plunge into water |
troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |