Thesaurus / puzzle
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Rereading is like looking at the answer to a puzzle, rather than doing it yourself, he says.
TOP 10 TIPS ON HOW TO STUDY SMARTER, NOT LONGERKATHIANN KOWALSKISEPTEMBER 9, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThis cocktail hour interactive exhibition changes each year, but last year it involved attendees competing against one another in a cookie-cutter-themed puzzle challenge designed by artist Zak Kitnick.
HOW NONPROFITS ARE CATERING TO MILLENNIALS AND RETHINKING THE CHARITY GALA FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 7, 2020FORTUNEAt first, chronicling daily symptoms was like starting a brand-new puzzle.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PERIOD TRACKINGCHRISTINE YUSEPTEMBER 6, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEHe’s given us something to contemplate, a puzzle we must return to more than once to begin to apprehend.
THE ANCIENT PALINDROME THAT EXPLAINS CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S TENETALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOXWhile that was the intent of the puzzle, it wasn’t explicitly stated.
CAN YOU REACH THE BEACH?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 7, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThat leaves publishers hoping to raise the revenue they get per episode with a puzzle.
‘KEEP THE MEDIUM PREMIUM’: PODCASTER CREATORS MULL RAISING THEIR AD LOADS WHILE PRESERVING HIGH LISTENER ENGAGEMENTMAX WILLENSJULY 24, 2020DIGIDAYUntil now, the pieces were too small, and there was no way to put the hardest parts of the genome puzzle together.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, SCIENTISTS FULLY SEQUENCED THE HUMAN X CHROMOSOMEEDD GENTJULY 20, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Counting up all these stacks, while being sure not to miss or double count any, got you to the heart of this puzzle.
CAN THE HARE BEAT THE TORTOISE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSJULY 17, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe same is true for ecommerce companies, especially those that sell household products and cleaning supplies, loungewear, cooking equipment, workout gear and entertainment items like board games and puzzles.
COVID-19 HAS ALTERED PAID SEARCH: HOW MARKETERS CAN ADJUST STRATEGIESBRIANNA DESMETMAY 29, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHHe was an Englishman and came to the valley by chance and settled here, and to his dying day he was a puzzle to the people.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDWORDS RELATED TO PUZZLE
- afflict
- agitate
- ail
- alarm
- amaze
- annoy
- arouse
- astound
- badger
- burn up
- complicate
- confound
- confuse
- depress
- discompose
- dishearten
- disrupt
- distract
- distress
- excite
- fluster
- frighten
- gall
- grieve
- harass
- interfere
- interrupt
- intrude
- irk
- irritate
- make uneasy
- molest
- muddle
- outrage
- pain
- perplex
- perturb
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- puzzle
- rattle
- rouse
- ruffle
- shake
- shake up
- startle
- tire
- trouble
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
- vex
- worry
- afflicts
- agitates
- ails
- alarms
- amazes
- annoys
- arouses
- astounds
- badgers
- burns up
- complicates
- confounds
- confuses
- depresses
- discomposes
- disheartens
- disrupts
- distracts
- distresses
- excites
- flusters
- frightens
- galls
- grieves
- harasses
- interferes
- interrupts
- intrudes
- irks
- irritates
- makes uneasy
- molests
- muddles
- outrages
- pains
- perplexes
- perturbs
- pesters
- piques
- plagues
- provokes
- puzzles
- rattles
- rouses
- ruffles
- shakes
- shakes up
- startles
- tires
- troubles
- unhinges
- unnerves
- unsettles
- vexes
- worries
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- hem and haw
- not touch
- outrun
- outwit
- pass the buck
- pass up
- puzzle
- run around
- shirk
- shuck
- shun
- shy
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- stump
- thwart
- baffled
- beat around the bush
- bilked
- circumvented
- confounded
- copped out
- ditched
- dodged
- doubled
- ducked
- eschewed
- evaded
- fled
- flew
- foiled
- frustrated
- gave the runaround
- gave the slip
- gave wide berth to
- got around
- got away from
- hem and haw
- not touched
- outran
- outwitted
- passed the buck
- passed up
- puzzled
- ran around
- shied
- shirked
- shucked
- shunned
- stalled
- stayed shy of
- steered clear of
- stonewalled
- stumped
- thwarted
- was beyond someone
- abash
- agitate
- annoy
- bewilder
- bother
- bug
- catch one short
- chagrin
- confuse
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- dumbfound
- faze
- fluster
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- hang up
- irk
- let down
- make a monkey of
- mortify
- nonplus
- perplex
- perturb
- plague
- put in a hole
- put in a spot
- put on the spot
- put out of countenance
- puzzle
- rattle
- shame
- show up
- stun
- tease
- throw
- throw into a tizzy
- upset
- awkward situation
- awkwardness
- bashfulness
- bind
- boo boo
- chagrin
- clumsiness
- complexity
- confusion
- destitution
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- distress
- egg on face
- faux pas
- fix
- hitch
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
- indebtedness
- indiscretion
- inhibition
- mess
- mistake
- mortification
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- poverty
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- scrape
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- snag
- stew
- strait
- tangle
- timidity
- unease
- uneasiness
- Gordian knot
- bewilderment
- cliffhanger
- conundrum
- crux
- cryptogram
- grabber
- knot
- mind-boggler
- mind-twister
- mystification
- parable
- perplexity
- problem
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- puzzler
- question
- question mark
- riddle
- secret
- sixty-four dollar question
- sphinx
- sticker
- stickler
- stumper
- teaser
- tough nut to crack
- twister
- why
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