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 |
|---|---|
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| overweening | arrogant |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |