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 |
|---|---|
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |