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 |
|---|---|
| veer | to change direction or course |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| fluke | flatfish |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |