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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| whittle | a large knife |