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 |
|---|---|
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |