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 |
|---|---|
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| pundit | pandit |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| limp | to walk lamely |