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 |
|---|---|
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| championship | designation as champion |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |