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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| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| hardy | bold |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |