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 |
|---|---|
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| championship | designation as champion |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |