GRE Word List
SIMPLISTIC
excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
The meaning of the word simplistic is excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| ignite | to set afire |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |