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
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accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
aloft | at or to a great height |
sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
hovel | an open shed or shelter |
veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
repudiate | to refuse to accept |
roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
tout | to make much of : promote |