GRE Word List
UNEARTHLY
not earthly: such as
The meaning of the word unearthly is not earthly: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| hardy | bold |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |