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 |
|---|---|
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| whimsy | whim |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |