GRE Word List
PROBLEMATIC
causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.
The meaning of the word problematic is causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sentient | capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience |
| scanty | meager; insufficient |
| expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |
| forerunner | predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another |
| presentiment | premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear |
| metrical | metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex. metrical translation of Homer |
| mire | entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick or sink in mire; N: bog; deep mud; Ex. sucked deeper into the mire |
| tender | offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound |
| plump | pleasantly fat; nicely rounded |
| disfigure | mar the appearance of; spoil |
