GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| dynamo | generator |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |