GRE Word List

SANCTIMONIOUS

hypocritically pious or devout

The meaning of the word sanctimonious is hypocritically pious or devout.

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grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
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regimeregimen
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alluvialrelating to, composed of, or found in alluvium
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