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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| diva | prima donna |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |