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 |
|---|---|
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |