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.
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| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| dull | tedious |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |