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 |
|---|---|
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |