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.
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| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
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| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| delve | excavate |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |