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

WordMeaning
sprightlymarked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
repealto rescind or annul by authoritative act
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
bemusedmarked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
disconsolatecheerless
halfheartedlacking heart, spirit, or interest
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar