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How to pronounce “perplex”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of perplex with real speech in context.
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Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
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How to pronounce perplex
How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others

Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “perplex”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
- (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
- [Adjective]
- (now rare) intricate; difficult
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) A difficulty.
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