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 |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| quench | put out |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |