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 |
|---|---|
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |