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 |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| aver | to declare positively |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |