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 |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |