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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |