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 |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| ploy | escapade |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |