GRE Word List
UNCANNY
seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
The meaning of the word uncanny is seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |