GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |