GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |