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 |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| foppish | foolish |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |