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 |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| distend | extend |