making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

to write learnedly

the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as "I like it and so do they"

of the present time; modern

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

an irrational dislike; loathing

something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.