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 |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| scotch | scottish |