GRE Word List
SANCTIMONIOUS
hypocritically pious or devout
The meaning of the word sanctimonious is hypocritically pious or devout.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |