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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| unsavory | insipid |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| query | question |
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