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 |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |