GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |