GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| historic | historical |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |