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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WordMeaning
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
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outstripto go faster or farther than
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
swarthyof a dark color, complexion, or cast
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
ordinancean authoritative decree or direction : order
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption