GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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WordMeaning
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
ramifyto split up into branches or constituent parts
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
embroiderto ornament with needlework
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering