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 |
|---|---|
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
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| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| sibling | sib |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |