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 |
|---|---|
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |