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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WordMeaning
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
hortatoryhortative
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
discomposeto destroy the composure of
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature