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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kneelto position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor
convoketo call together to a meeting
delveexcavate
iniquitouscharacterized by iniquity
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
ripto tear or split apart or open
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
carefreefree from care: such as