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 |
|---|---|
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |