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 |
|---|---|
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |