GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
coalitionthe act of coalescing : union
uproariousmarked by uproar
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
anomalysomething different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
pungentsharply painful