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.

Random words

WordMeaning
fluencythe quality or state of being fluent
monochromea painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
appeasepacify
gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
libidinoushaving or marked by lustful desires : lascivious
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
implodeto burst inward