GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| quench | put out |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |