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 |
|---|---|
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |