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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| apoplexy | stroke |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
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| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |