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
freebooterpirate
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
maula heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
transcribeto make a written copy of
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
comprehensivecovering completely or broadly : inclusive