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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |