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 |
|---|---|
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| residual | remainder |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| ploy | escapade |