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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WordMeaning
caterto provide a supply of food
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
muggybeing warm, damp, and close
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
acrimoniousangry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
jabberto talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
magniloquentspeaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner
finalethe close or termination of something: such as
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside