GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| unsavory | insipid |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |