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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| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |