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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| Word | Meaning |
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| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |