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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |