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 |
|---|---|
| microcosm | a little world |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |