GRE Word List

ENIGMA

something hard to understand or explain

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

Random words

WordMeaning
strutto become turgid : swell
philanthropistone who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
mandatean authoritative command
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
cisternan artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice