Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “Sententious”?

Sententious means pompously moralising.

• Correct answer - pompous and moralising: it has the same meaning as Sententious.
• exciting: thrilling - wrong, it does not mean the same as Sententious.
• ready to argue: prepared to quarrel - wrong, it does not mean the same as Sententious.
• carried away by emotions: overwhelmed by feelings - wrong, it does not mean the same as Sententious.