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 |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |