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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| collected | gathered together |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |