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
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| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |