try
It means to attempt what is impossible.
religion
The correct meaning for research is "an attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner"
Conatio = attempt, effort Its use in Latin is rare.
I will attempt to administer to you the meaning of administration.
postmodernists
The word pokus is a Czech noun meaning attempt, try, or experiment. Pokus is also a word in Serbo-Croatian which means experiment or rehearsal.
That is the correct spelling of "try" (to attempt, or an attempt).
Obfuscate is when you purposely obscure, hinder or make something hard to understand. It is also when you attempt to bewilder.
For Morgenthau, politics is an attempt to gain power or control over someone else.
If the puzzle is going for a pun, they may have tried the grammatically incorrect: a tempest (like attempt).
What you are trying to do is elicit an answer to your question: Elicit is to attempt to obtain. To get, to receive.