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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attestto affirm to be true or genuine
gruntto utter a grunt
egregiousconspicuous
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felonone who has committed a felony
brevityshortness of duration
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
plummetto fall perpendicularly
cankeran erosive or spreading sore
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