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 |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| raspy | harsh |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |