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.

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limboan abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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