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 |
|---|---|
| fester | to generate pus |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |