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 |
|---|---|
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |