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/
