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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| hurl | rush |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |