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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denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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chapela subordinate or private place of worship: such as
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clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise