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

WordMeaning
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
gingerlyvery cautious or careful
hostilitydeep-seated usually mutual ill will
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group