GRE Word List

ENIGMA

something hard to understand or explain

The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.

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importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
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aspireto seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function