GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| pungent | sharply painful |