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
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
traverseto go or travel across or over
adornto enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
wardthe action or process of guarding
efficacythe power to produce an effect