GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| docile | easily taught |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |