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

WordMeaning
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
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miscellanyseparate writings collected in one volume
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
polyglotone who is polyglot
distendextend
inclinedhaving inclination, disposition, or tendency
treadto step or walk on or over
overseesurvey
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation