GRE Word List

PRETERNATURAL

existing outside of nature

The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.

Random words

WordMeaning
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
floridvery flowery in style : ornate
acmethe highest point or stage
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
severto put or keep apart : divide
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized