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 |
|---|---|
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| debonair | suave |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |