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.
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| satiate | filled to satiety |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |