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 |
|---|---|
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |