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 |
|---|---|
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| freebooter | pirate |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |