GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
ingrate | an ungrateful person |
flush | to fly away suddenly |
accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
progeny | descendants |
degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |