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 |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |