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

WordMeaning
irksometending to irk : tedious
pitfalltrap
equipoisea state of equilibrium
altercationa noisy, heated, angry dispute
eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
retaliateto return like for like
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of