GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| forlorn | bereft |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |