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 |
|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| nexus | connection |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| license | permission to act |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| influx | a coming in |