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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| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| refrain | curb |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |