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 |
|---|---|
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| welter | writhe |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |