GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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WordMeaning
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
recessthe action of receding : recession
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
jesta joking or mocking remark
besiegeto surround with armed forces
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
sequesterto set apart : segregate