GRE Word List
EERIE
so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
The meaning of the word eerie is so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
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| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |