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 |
|---|---|
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |