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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |