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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |