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 |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| novelty | something new or unusual |