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
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
shimmerto shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer
juncturea point of time
pungentsharply painful
secta dissenting or schismatic religious body
demographicthe statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets
strutto become turgid : swell