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 |
|---|---|
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| debut | a first appearance |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
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| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |