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 |
|---|---|
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| steep | lofty |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |