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 |
|---|---|
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| amity | friendship |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| lampoon | satire |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |