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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| microcosm | a little world |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |