GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |