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 |
|---|---|
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| defalcate | deduct |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| actuary | clerk |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| perdition | eternal damnation |