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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laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
reprisala retaliatory act
seedycontaining or full of seeds
haphappening
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
narcissistan individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
vendorone that vends : seller