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
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
contrivancea thing contrived
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
virusany of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument