GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| diva | prima donna |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |