GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| 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 |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |