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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| osseous | bony |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| alleviate | relieve |
| fulcrum | prop |