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 |
|---|---|
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| steep | lofty |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| sidetrack | siding |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |