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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanal | orgy |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |