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 |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |