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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WordMeaning
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
avowto declare assuredly
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
posthumousborn after the death of the father
significanthaving meaning