GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |