Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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puzzle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
speculate | No | No | Yes | No |
puzzle (noun) | speculate (noun) |
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a game that tests your ingenuity | |
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
puzzle (verb) | speculate (verb) |
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be a mystery or bewildering to | reflect deeply on a subject |
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion | |
invest at a risk |