GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanction | a formal decree |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |