GRE Word List

PRETERNATURAL

existing outside of nature

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

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potenthaving or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful
confidantone to whom secrets are entrusted
expenditurethe act or process of expending
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
condescendto assume an air of superiority
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
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