GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| fluke | flatfish |