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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proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
shiftto exchange for or replace by another : change
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
ovoidresembling an egg in shape : ovate
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
irreverencelack of reverence