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 |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| feint | something feigned |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |