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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| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |