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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |