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 |
|---|---|
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| cue | the letter q |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| haggard | not tamed |