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 |
|---|---|
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| sheer | unqualified |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |