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 |
|---|---|
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |