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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| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
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| venue | locale |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |