GRE Word List
LUMEN
the cavity of a tubular organ or part
The meaning of the word lumen is the cavity of a tubular organ or part.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |