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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |