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 |
|---|---|
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| lax | loose |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| lampoon | satire |