GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| debut | a first appearance |