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.
Random words
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tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |
provenance | origin |
plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
addle | rotten |
gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |