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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| dint | force |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |