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 |
|---|---|
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| broach | brooch |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| overthrow | overturn |