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 |
|---|---|
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
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| residual | remainder |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |