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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exposeto deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
refulgenta radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance
vertebrateany 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
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
replicateduplicate
odysseya long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
synthesisthe composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole