GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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menacea show of intention to inflict harm : threat
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
beleaguerbesiege
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
mollifyto soothe in temper or disposition : appease
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
eruditehaving or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition