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 |
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decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
cryptic | secret |
sophist | philosopher |
recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
dys- | abnormal |
boor | peasant |
mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |