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 |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |