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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glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
duration | continuance in time |
disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |