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

WordMeaning
apiaristbeekeeper
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
perjurythe voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
cataclysmflood
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava