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 |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| fell | skin |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |