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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |