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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |