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 |
|---|---|
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| shove | to push along |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |