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bewilder

verbCommon GRE wordMore B words

to confuse or puzzle someone completely

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The conflicting instructions bewildered the new employees.

Synonyms
baffleperplexconfoundmystify
Antonyms
clarifyenlighten

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Bewilder (verb) means to confuse or puzzle someone completely
Here is bewilder used in an example sentence: "The conflicting instructions bewildered the new employees."
Common synonyms for bewilder include baffle, perplex, confound, mystify.
Antonyms of bewilder include clarify, enlighten.
Bewilder is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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