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 |
|---|---|
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| eventual | contingent |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |