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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obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
lunar | crescent |
cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |