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 |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| laud | praise |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| asunder | into parts |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |