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 |
|---|---|
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |