GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| mystic | mystical |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| mulct | fine |
| virus | any 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 |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |