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 |
|---|---|
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| paltry | inferior |