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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ramparta protective barrier : bulwark
maniacalaffected with or suggestive of madness
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
alienateto cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
polyglotone who is polyglot
cacophonousmarked by cacophony : harsh-sounding
underlyinglying beneath or below