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 |
|---|---|
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| nib | bill |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
