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 |
|---|---|
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| whimsy | whim |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |