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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| overthrow | overturn |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| impuissance | weakness |