GRE Word List

PRETERNATURAL

existing outside of nature

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

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WordMeaning
pulchritudephysical comeliness
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
dissectionthe act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
appropriateespecially suitable or compatible : fitting
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
virusany of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent