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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preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
abjureto renounce upon oath
dulltedious
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
academicof, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning
machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as