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

WordMeaning
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
invalidnot valid:
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
miscellanyseparate writings collected in one volume
scenarioan outline or synopsis of a play
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous