GRE Word List

ORACULAR

resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)

The meaning of the word oracular is resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery).

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WordMeaning
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
antecedentsa 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")
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
causalexpressing or indicating cause : causative
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
opulencewealth
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax