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 |
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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| finery | ornament |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |