GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| 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 |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| demerit | offense |