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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abbreviateto make briefer
clangora resounding clang or medley of clangs
neophytea new convert : proselyte
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
propoundto offer for discussion or consideration
grottocave
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
addenduma thing added : addition
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
battaliona considerable body of troops organized to act together : army