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 |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |