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 |
|---|---|
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |