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 |
|---|---|
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| cipher | zero |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |