GRE Word List
PRETERNATURAL
existing outside of nature
The meaning of the word preternatural is existing outside of nature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |