GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| vixen | a female fox |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |