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 |
|---|---|
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |