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 |
|---|---|
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| plait | pleat |
| 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) |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |