GRE Word List

PRETERNATURAL

existing outside of nature

The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.

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WordMeaning
lustera glow of reflected light : sheen
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state