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 |
|---|---|
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| calculated | apt |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| tawny | of the color tawny |