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 |
|---|---|
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| junket | trip |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| onus | burden |