GRE Word List
PROBLEMATIC
posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide
The meaning of the word problematic is posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| puerile | juvenile |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |