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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WordMeaning
immunenot susceptible or responsive
saboteurone that practices sabotage
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
assailto attack violently : assault
redolentexuding fragrance : aromatic
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
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