Term: perplexity: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
Candidate hypernym: confusion: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior → 1
Candidate hypernym: paperhanger: one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper → 0
Candidate hypernym: viola da gamba: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello → 0
Candidate hypernym: wince: the facial expression of sudden pain → 0
Candidate hypernym: arthroscopy: a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision → 0
Candidate hypernym: british pound: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence → 0
Candidate hypernym: ramp: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: ameba: naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion → 0
Candidate hypernym: firetrap: a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: yana: the Yanan language spoken by the Yana → 0
Candidate hypernym: purloo: thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. → 0