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 |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| warrant | sanction |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |