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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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
assurancethe state of being assured: such as
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insurgenta person who revolts against civil authority or an established government
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
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bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly