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 |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| query | question |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |