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perplex, nonplus, stymie, stump: I am completely puzzled by
what you wrote in your last letter. 2 Usually, puzzle over.
study, ponder (over), mull over, contemplate, meditate on or
upon or over, consider, muse over or on, reflect on or over,
think about or over or on: If you puzzle over it long enough,
the problem may vanish of its own accord. 3 puzzle out. solve,
decipher, crack (the code), unravel, work out, figure out, think
through, sort out, unlock: I finally puzzled out the
inscription on this old coin. It might take a while, but I can
puzzle out the solution to this crossword.
--n. 4 enigma, problem, question, paradox, poser, mystery,
riddle, conundrum, Colloq brain-teaser: The puzzle is how the
murder was committed when the door was locked from the inside.
puzzling adj. mystifying, enigmatic(al), bewildering, baffling,
confounding, perplexing, confusing, ambiguous, contradictory,
abstruse: It is a bit puzzling to see Catherine so often in the
company of the husband she recently divorced.
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quack n. 1 charlatan, impostor, pretender, fake(r), fraud, Colloq
phoney or US also phony: The quack diagnosed Franny as having
appendicitis, but it turned out that she was pregnant.
--adj. 2 fake, fraudulent, sham, counterfeit, Colloq phoney or
US also phony: Are you still going to see that quack doctor -
the one who told you to take aspirin to relieve the pain from
your ulcer?
quaint adj. 1 curious, odd, strange, bizarre, peculiar, unusual,
queer, uncommon, singular, unorthodox, eccentric, whimsical,
offbeat, fanciful, outlandish, unconventional, fantastic: Her
sitting-room was furnished in a quaint mixture of Gothic and
Victorian styles. 2 old-fashioned, archaic, antiquated,