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 |
|---|---|
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |