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 |
|---|---|
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |