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 |
|---|---|
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |