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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| farce | stuff |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |