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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| provenance | origin |