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
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travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
flaccid | not firm or stiff |
accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
retain | to keep in possession or use |
insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |