GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| render | to melt down |