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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
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| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |