GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| hardy | bold |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |