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 |
|---|---|
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |