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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| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |