GRE Word List
PUZZLE
to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally
The meaning of the word puzzle is to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |