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 |
|---|---|
| forego | to go before : precede |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| unsavory | insipid |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |