GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |