perplex

v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I

don't know the answer!" [syn: {get}, {puzzle}, {mystify},

{baffle}, {beat}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {stupify},

{nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}, {trounce}]

2: make more complicated; "There was a new development that

complicated the matter" [syn: {complicate}] [ant: {simplify}]