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
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
durationcontinuance in time
scrutinizeto examine closely and minutely
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
vertexthe top of the head
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
abjureto renounce upon oath
inebriateone who is drunk