GRE Word List
SANCTIMONIOUS
hypocritically pious or devout
The meaning of the word sanctimonious is hypocritically pious or devout.
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| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
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