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 |
|---|---|
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
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| dolt | a stupid person |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| opulence | wealth |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |