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 |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| juncture | a point of time |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| trample | tramp |
| betray | to lead astray |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |