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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| fleck | streak |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |