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 |
|---|---|
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| apprehend | arrest |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |