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 |
|---|---|
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |