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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| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |