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 |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |