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
epica long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero
pensivemusingly or dreamily thoughtful
espousemarry
itinerarythe route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
gratifyto be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
potentialexisting in possibility : capable of development into actuality
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
engrossto copy or write in a large hand