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 |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |