GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| digression | the 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 |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |