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 |
|---|---|
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| 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 |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| replicate | duplicate |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |