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 |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| impuissance | weakness |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |