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 |
|---|---|
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| culmination | the action of culminating |