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 |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |