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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WordMeaning
underhandin a clandestine manner
vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat
fructifyto bear fruit
bitinghaving the power to bite
serebeing dried and withered
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
groucha fit of bad temper
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
supplicantone who supplicates