GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
remittancea sum of money remitted
piedof two or more colors in blotches
affinityrelationship by marriage
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tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
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