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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| crass | gross |