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 |
|---|---|
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| obscure | dark |