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 |
|---|---|
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| primal | original |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |