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

WordMeaning
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
throbto pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
overwhelmupset
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
endearmenta word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
spatefreshet