GRE Word List
AVUNCULAR
suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
The meaning of the word avuncular is suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |