GRE Word List
UNCTUOUS
oily; bland; insincerely suave
The meaning of the word unctuous is oily; bland; insincerely suave.
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momentous | very important; N. moment; CF. momentary |
jabber | chatter rapidly or unintelligibly |
regatta | boat or yacht race |
canter | slow gallop; V. CF. trot |
abrasive | rubbing away; tending to grind down |
febrile | feverish |
slavish | of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original |
dubious | questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety |
strident | loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency |
acquittal | deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner |