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 |
|---|---|
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| refrain | curb |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |