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 |
|---|---|
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| irate | roused to ire |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |