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 |
|---|---|
| spare | not being used |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| upright | perpendicular |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |