Conundrum in Visual Dictionary with Synonyms

Definition of Conundrum in visual dictionary with synonyms and in real context for GRE candidates from 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam

/kəˈnʌn.drəm/ (noun)

Definition

something which is baffling and confusing, enigma, challenge, mystery, puzzle, difficult and challenging problem, dilemma, quandary

a riddle or word puzzle

Example

When I was researching my book Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them, I was fascinated by my family’s case study. The evidence, it seemed, couldn’t be clearer: doing crosswords late in life and solving riddles or conundrums prevent dementia. And at first, all the studies I found seemed to bear this hypothesis out. “Regular crosswords, conundrums and number puzzles linked to sharper brain in later life,” a May 2019 Science Daily headline proclaims. According to a University of Exeter study, older adults who regularly did word and number puzzles had increased mental acuity. A 2011 experiment with members of the Bronx Aging Study found that a regular regimen of crosswords might delay the onset of cognitive decline.

Source of example: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/