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 |
|---|---|
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| whittle | a large knife |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |