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 |
|---|---|
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| render | to melt down |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| grate | grating |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |