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 |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| conflagration | fire |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| cursive | running |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |