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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swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
frigidintensely cold
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat
suspensethe state of being suspended : suspension
chasma deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion