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nexus

nounCommon GRE wordMore N words

a connection or central link between things

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Nexus in a sentence

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The city became the nexus of trade between the two continents.

Synonyms
linkjunctionconnection
Antonyms

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Nexus (noun) means a connection or central link between things
Here is nexus used in an example sentence: "The city became the nexus of trade between the two continents."
Common synonyms for nexus include link, junction, connection.
Nexus is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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