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 |
|---|---|
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| aver | to declare positively |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |