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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| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
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| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| demerit | offense |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| haggard | not tamed |