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 |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |