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 |
|---|---|
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |