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 |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| allude | to make indirect reference |