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 |
|---|---|
| freebooter | pirate |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |