GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |