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 |
|---|---|
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| bauble | trinket |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |