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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |