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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scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
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salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
anodyneserving to alleviate pain
sophistphilosopher
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demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing