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oracular

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore O words

obscurely portentous, as if delivering ambiguous prophecies

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Oracular in a sentence

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The critic's oracular pronouncements left readers guessing at his real opinion.

Antonyms
plainexplicitunambiguous
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Common questions

Questions about “oracular”

Oracular (adjective) means obscurely portentous, as if delivering ambiguous prophecies
Here is oracular used in an example sentence: "The critic's oracular pronouncements left readers guessing at his real opinion."
Common synonyms for oracular include prophetic, cryptic, sibylline.
Antonyms of oracular include plain, explicit, unambiguous.
Oracular is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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