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 |
|---|---|
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |