GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| hubbub | noise |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |