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 |
|---|---|
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| haven | harbor |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |