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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |