GRE Word List
CRUX
a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
The meaning of the word crux is a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |