GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit
cartographerone that makes maps
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
duressforcible restraint or restriction
paeana joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship