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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |