GRE Word List

SANCTIMONIOUS

hypocritically pious or devout

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

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WordMeaning
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
discordlack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
ruthlesshaving no pity : merciless
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
canarda false or unfounded report or story
solicitto make petition to : entreat
ramifyto split up into branches or constituent parts
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty