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 |
|---|---|
| throes | pang |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| concentric | having a common center |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |