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genial

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore G words

friendly, cheerful, and pleasant in manner

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Genial in a sentence

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Our genial host greeted each arrival warmly and made every guest feel at ease.

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The negotiator's reputation for blank served her well: rivals who tried to outwait her invariably found that she had already anticipated their stalling and arranged a fallback months in advance.

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Genial (adjective) means friendly, cheerful, and pleasant in manner
Here is genial used in an example sentence: "Our genial host greeted each arrival warmly and made every guest feel at ease."
Common synonyms for genial include affable, cordial, amiable, convivial.
Antonyms of genial include surly, morose, unfriendly.
Genial is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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