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 |
|---|---|
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| tout | to make much of : promote |