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 |
|---|---|
| limp | to walk lamely |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| delve | excavate |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |