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 |
|---|---|
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| mulct | fine |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| maroon | a dark red |
| abnegation | denial |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
