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
foppishfoolish
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
inditemake up
hoodwinkto deceive by false appearance : dupe
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
detonationthe action or process of detonating
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration