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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| delve | excavate |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| carefree | free from care: such as |