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 |
|---|---|
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| cohorts | companion |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |