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 |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| bulk | magnitude |
