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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scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
aciduloussomewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner
expenditurethe act or process of expending
cohortscompanion
craveto ask for earnestly : beg
nomenclaturename
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
juncturea point of time