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 |
|---|---|
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |