GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |