GRE Word List

SCINTILLA

spark

The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.

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WordMeaning
parodya literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
minatoryhaving a menacing quality
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
smudgeto make a smudge on
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
primatea bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
abyssan immeasurably deep gulf or great space
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come