GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |