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 |
|---|---|
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| viable | capable of living |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| lax | loose |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |