GRE Word List

CONUNDRUM

an intricate and difficult problem

The meaning of the word conundrum is an intricate and difficult problem.

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haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
estrangedhaving lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
dodderingfeeble
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
syllogisma 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")
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality