GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| scion | descendant |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
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