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 |
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rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15â24 as an example of the power of God |
paramour | lover |
lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
scheme | a plan or program of action |
alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |