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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| pugilist | fighter |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |