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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |