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 |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| scion | descendant |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |