GRE Word List

NEXUS

connection

The meaning of the word nexus is connection.

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vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
confidantone to whom secrets are entrusted
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
marrowbone marrow
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
conspireplot
discreteconstituting a separate entity : individually distinct
gradationa series forming successive stages
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension