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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nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
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ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
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cringeto recoil in distaste
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention