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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| influx | a coming in |
| acetic | vinegary |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| environ | encircle |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |