GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |