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<\/p>\nWords. There are so many of them. It’s hard to know them all or to know what they all mean.<\/p>\n
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We used to have a dictionary and thesaurus nearby to look up unknown words. Today, we make a quick visit to Dictionary.com<\/a> to confirm our hunch, or to get the official version.<\/p>\n For instance, here’s a word you might see on the SAT or GRE.<\/p>\n Unctuous (adjective): excessively smooth, suave, or smug.<\/em><\/p>\n Maybe you know someone whose unctuousness<\/em> is too much to take.<\/p>\n FWIW, unctuous comes from Medieval Latin unctu\u014dsus<\/em>, \u201cfull of grease or soft fat,\u201d a derivative of Latin unguen<\/em>.<\/p>\n The greasy word (and good word to know) entered English in the 14th century. It is also the word of the day on Dictionary.com today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Dictionary.com’s YouTube page is full of short videos worthy of attention.<\/p>\n If you are the kind of person who wants to know why and know more, spend a few minutes making the following clicks, to see for yourself.<\/p>\n\nGreat Video Content for Word Nerds<\/h2>\n