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 |
|---|---|
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |