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
festerto generate pus
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
dismissto permit or cause to leave
replicaan exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist
asyluman inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary
indicativeserving to indicate
cisternan artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)
constituenta member of a constituency
effeteno longer fertile
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient