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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| unkempt | not combed |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| brazen | made of brass |