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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|---|---|
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
