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luminous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

giving off light; bright or glowing

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Luminous in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing luminous in a sentence.

The luminous dial glowed softly, casting a faint green light across the darkened cabin.

Synonyms
radiantglowingbrilliantincandescent
Antonyms
darkdimmurky
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Questions about “luminous

Luminous (adjective) means giving off light; bright or glowing
Here is luminous used in an example sentence: "The luminous dial glowed softly, casting a faint green light across the darkened cabin."
Common synonyms for luminous include radiant, glowing, brilliant, incandescent.
Antonyms of luminous include dark, dim, murky.
Luminous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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