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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| brink | edge |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| scion | descendant |