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 |
|---|---|
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
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| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| pummel | pound |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |