GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |