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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granulateto form or crystallize into grains or granules
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
indolentaverse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
bastarda child born to parents who are not married to each other
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit