GRE Word List
SCINTILLA
spark
The meaning of the word scintilla is spark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| niggle | trifle |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| resign | relegate |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |