GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| congenial | pleasant |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |