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 |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| 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 |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |