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 |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| encumber | weigh down |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |