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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skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
codifyto reduce to a code
slapdashhaphazard
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
limberhaving a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile
existentialof, relating to, or affirming existence