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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |