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 |
|---|---|
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| raspy | harsh |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |