GRE Word List
LUMINARY
a person of prominence or brilliant achievement
The meaning of the word luminary is a person of prominence or brilliant achievement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| malediction | curse |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |