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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antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
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redressto set right : remedy
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
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chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
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