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 |
|---|---|
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
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| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |