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 |
|---|---|
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| viand | an item of food |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |