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 |
|---|---|
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| espouse | marry |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |