GRE Word List
CONUNDRUM
an intricate and difficult problem
The meaning of the word conundrum is an intricate and difficult problem.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| purported | reputed |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| devious | wandering |