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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |