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 |
|---|---|
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |