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 |
|---|---|
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |