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 |
|---|---|
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |