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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |