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 |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| sublimate | sublime |