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 |
|---|---|
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| billow | wave |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |