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 |
|---|---|
| wont | accustomed |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
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| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| snivel | to run at the nose |