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 |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| ravenous | rapacious |