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 |
|---|---|
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| colloquy | conversation |
| pummel | pound |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |