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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breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
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annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
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metamorphosischange of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
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disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
whittlea large knife