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 |
|---|---|
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| perforate | to make a hole through |