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 |
|---|---|
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
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| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |