GRE Word List
PREPOSTEROUS
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
The meaning of the word preposterous is contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| haven | harbor |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |