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 |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |