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.
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| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |