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.

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attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
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urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
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impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted