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 |
|---|---|
| expound | to set forth : state |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| grotto | cave |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |