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 |
|---|---|
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |