GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |