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 |
|---|---|
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |