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 |
|---|---|
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |