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.
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margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
haggard | not tamed |
apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
retain | to keep in possession or use |
traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
barefaced | having the face uncovered: |