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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| charlatan | quack |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |