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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| drab | slattern |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |