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 |
|---|---|
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |