GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| fiend | devil |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |