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

WordMeaning
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
tannerone that tans hides
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
medleya musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
pettyhaving secondary rank or importance : minor
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
elysiumthe abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
transportto transfer or convey from one place to another