GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| rank | relative standing or position |