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 |
|---|---|
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |