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 |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |