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 |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| comestible | edible |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |