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 |
|---|---|
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| trample | tramp |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |