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 |
|---|---|
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |