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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WordMeaning
equanimityevenness of mind especially under stress
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
inditemake up
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
siftto put through a sieve
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
revelrynoisy partying or merrymaking
detonationthe action or process of detonating