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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pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
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freebooterpirate
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
succorrelief
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
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