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
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
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asunderinto parts
eventualcontingent
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance