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 |
|---|---|
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |