GRE Word List
NEBULA
any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space
The meaning of the word nebula is any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| trappings | outward signs |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| passe | past one's prime |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |