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 |
|---|---|
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| tome | book |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |