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 |
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| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |