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 |
|---|---|
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| ploy | escapade |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |