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.

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dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
retinuea group of retainers or attendants
stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
stem_fromarise from; originate from
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem