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 |
|---|---|
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| sleek | slick |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |