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 |
|---|---|
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| ploy | escapade |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| fete | festival |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |