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 |
|---|---|
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| quench | put out |