GRE Word List
LUMINOUS
emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light
The meaning of the word luminous is emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |