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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

preposterous

preposterous (Adj.): ridiculous, absurb.

This word is made up of pre and post......so meaning something reversed, and hence nonsensical (與中文的本末倒置相似).

Example:
The offensive remarks which the professor attributed to me were preposterous and incredible.

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