GRE Word List
UNCTUOUS
having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
The meaning of the word unctuous is having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| fulcrum | prop |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
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| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| betray | to lead astray |