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

WordMeaning
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
defiancethe act or an instance of defying : challenge
duressforcible restraint or restriction
credentialwarranting credit or confidence
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
pulchritudephysical comeliness
chivalrousvaliant
elysianof or relating to Elysium
convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle