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 |
|---|---|
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |