GRE Word List
NOVA
a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
The meaning of the word nova is a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| pugilist | fighter |
| viable | capable of living |