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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| puerile | juvenile |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| refrain | curb |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |