GRE Word List

PRETERNATURAL

existing outside of nature

The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.

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WordMeaning
transcribeto make a written copy of
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
lugubriousmournful
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)